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To: DoodleDawg

“So then whose slaves did Lee free in 1862 if not his own?”

His wife’s.


83 posted on 07/11/2015 1:03:21 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

His wife’s family’s.


86 posted on 07/11/2015 1:06:50 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six
His wife’s.

Then why didn't his wife free them?

89 posted on 07/11/2015 1:15:39 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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He also inherited them from his Mother....and continued to own them for years....he freed them as part of his late father in law’s will after 5 years.

Lee owned slaves...period.


93 posted on 07/11/2015 1:22:36 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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